Aged Care Act 2024
82Requirements for applications for classification reassessments
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82 Requirements for applications for classification reassessments
Ongoing or short‑term funded aged care services delivered through service group home support or assistive technology
(1) An individual may make an application for a classification assessment for the individual for the classification type ongoing or short‑term for the service group home support or assistive technology if:
(a) the individual has the classification type ongoing or short‑term for the service group in effect; and
(b) the individual considers a different classification level in the classification type for the service group should be approved for the individual; and
(d) the System Governor considers circumstances (if any) prescribed by the rules apply.
Short‑term funded aged care services delivered through service group home modifications
(1A) An individual may make an application for a classification assessment for the individual for the classification type short‑term for the service group home modifications if:
(a) the individual has the classification type short‑term for the service group in effect; and
(b) the individual considers a different classification level in the classification type for the service group should be approved for the individual; and
(d) the System Governor considers circumstances (if any) prescribed by the rules apply.
Ongoing funded aged care services delivered through the service group residential care
(2) An individual, or a registered provider on behalf of the individual, may make an application for a classification assessment for the individual for the classification type ongoing for the service group residential care if:
(a) the registered provider is delivering ongoing funded aged care services to the individual through the service group in an approved residential care home; and
(b) the registered provider or the individual considers a different classification level in the classification type for the service group should be approved for the individual; and
(d) either of the following apply:
(i) if the rules prescribe a time period—not more than the number of applications prescribed by the rules have been made for the individual under this subsection in that time period;
(ii) the System Governor considers circumstances (if any) prescribed by the rules apply.
Short‑term funded aged care services delivered through the service group residential care
(3) An individual, or a registered provider on behalf of the individual, may make an application for a classification assessment for the individual for the classification type short‑term for the service group residential care if: